Bierlein Companies Quotes & Sayings

Familiar vs. Strange [10w]
The sexiest part of strangeness is its most familiar quality. — Beryl Dov

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. — Franz Grillparzer

The smell of books soothed his soul like nothing else could. The store was his haven, his refuge, and most importantly, it was safe. Here he could go anywhere in the world, explore the seas, scale mountains, travel through time and space or fall in love. — Sheri Lyn

My father was always so mingled with rage at his life. — Doris Lessing

My favorite action movie growing up was 'Supergirl.' It wasn't good by any stretch of the imagination, but it was my favorite because I wanted to be her. I have a Supergirl tattoo. — Adrianne Palicki

It is that the individual has within him or herself vast resources for self-understanding, for altering the self-concept basic attitudes, and his or her self-directed behavior - and that these resources can be tapped if only a definable climate of facilitative psychological attitudes can be provided — Carl Rogers

Friendship, in the old heroic sense of that term, no longer exists. It is in reality no longer expected or recognized as a virtue among men. — Thomas Carlyle

We joyfully pray with grateful heart to welcome blessings in New Year. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Second isthe first of the losers. — Enzo Ferrari

God forbid the wife should have prior knowledge of sex, let alone enjoy it. — Laurie Viera Rigler

Briony said reasonably, 'How can you hate plays?'
'It's just showing off.' Pierrot shrugged as he delivered this self-evident truth. — Ian McEwan

Being a teenager, I would think they were real strict, and I would get upset, but I'm glad they were like that. They didn't let us do whatever we wanted. We weren't allowed to date until we were, like, juniors in high school. — Denise Richards

At that period, rising in the world meant giving up working with your hands in favor of work in a store or an office. The people who lived in town had made it, and turned their backs socially on those who had not but were still growing corn and wheat out there in the country. What seemed like an impassable gulf was only the prejudice of a single generation, which refused to remember its own not very remote past. — William Maxwell